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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA

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Movie Involvements: 74

TV Involvements: 1


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia George O'Brien (April 19, 1899 – September 4, 1985) was an American actor, popular during the silent film era and into the talkie era of the 1930s, best known today as the lead actor in F. W. Murnau's 1927 film Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. He also starred in East Side, West Side (1927), The Johnstown Floor (1926), and John Ford's The Iron Horse (1924). The day before his seventh birthday the Great Earthquake of 1906 hit San Francisco. He and his family nearly died and were homeless for months. He served in World War I and World War II.

Most Famous Work

This Is Your Life
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6

This Is Your Life

(1952) Self
Fort Apache
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7

Fort Apache

(1948) Capt. Sam Collingwood
Cheyenne Autumn
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7

Cheyenne Autumn

(1964) Major Braden
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
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8

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

(1927) The Man (Anses)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
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7

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

(1949) Maj. Mac Allshard
December 7th
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6

December 7th

(1943) Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
Noah's Ark
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6

Noah's Ark

(1928) Travis / Japheth
Bullet Code
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6

Bullet Code

(1940) Steve Holden

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1976 (archive footage)
1964 Major Braden
1961 (archive footage)
1959 Narrator
1954 N/A
1952 Self
1951 George O'Brien
1949 Maj. Mac Allshard
1948 Capt. Sam Collingwood
1947 'Duke' Muldoon
1943 Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
1940 Brad Henderson
Dan Clark
Brill Austin
Steve Holden
Jeff Toland
1939 Cliff Mason
Wade Barton
Scott Baylor
Barney O'Dell
Clint Bradford
Boone Yeager
1938 Larry Rhodes
Captain Jack Steele
Bob McVey
Jim Galloway
Tom O'Malley
1937 Bruce Lane
Jeffery Carson
Grant Curran
1936 Daniel Boone
Bob Wallace
Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard
1935 Kal Emerson
Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan
Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith
Bob Walker
Larry Knight
1934 Ernest 'Dude' Selby
Neil Rogers
Michael Wyatt
1933 Tom Daley
Jim Barry
Smoke Mason
1932 Jim Wall
David Lynch / Motano
Bob Sanborn
Ted Radcliffe
John Shefford
1931 Jim Lassiter
Tony Bard aka Woodbury
Whistlin' Dan Barry
Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
1930 Buck Duane
Billy West
Buck Duane
1929 Cadet John Randall
Bramdlet Dickery
Lieutenant Philip Gresson
1928 Travis / Japheth
John Oglegree
George
1927 The Man (Anses)
John Breen
Crown Prince Michae
Ed 'Chick' Cowan
1926 George Darcy
Dan O'Malley
Adam Smith
Nostromo
Tom O'Day
1925 Denny Bolton
Kenneth Jamieson
Dick Chappel
Tony
1924 Jerry Delaney
Davy Brandon
Henry Potter
Galley Slave (uncredited)
Louis
1923 Bill Burleigh
Clifford
1922 Islander
Deck Hand
Year Character Movie/Tv

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